Sublime Light Sublime Light, a visual art exhibit by Lyle Salmi at the University of Illinois Springfield’s Visual Arts Gallery, explores the relationship between light and space through the vehicle of abstract expressionistic paintings. Salmi uses scale, color palette and brush strokes, among other techniques, to root his paintings in the here and now and […]
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Perfecting the portraiture
New York City photographer Sean Fader brings his acclaimed contemporary photographic series to the University of Illinois Springfield Visual Arts Gallery. Fader’s exhibition SUP?, reviewed in Slate Magazine and Huffington Post, is an interesting look at first impressions. The artist used personal ads to met strangers of whom he would shoot their portraits upon first […]
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Own it
PHOTO OF ART BY ERIN HAYDEN COURTESY OF UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS SPRINGFIELD VISUAL ARTS GALLERY University of Illinois Springfield Visual Arts Gallery will hold its annual Silent Auction Benefit Dec. 2-12. This is a great opportunity to support art programming at UIS while acquiring extraordinary art for a steal of a price. Local, regional and […]
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Marooned motorists
Internationally recognized New York City photographer Amy Stein will have her exhibit, “Stranded,” at the University of Illinois Springfield Visual Arts Gallery from mid-March through mid-April. A reception takes place on March 22 from 6:30-8 p.m. preceded by an hour-long talk at 5:30 p.m. when Stein will discuss her photographic series. The sequence features people […]
